Well I found out why DT was trashed the morning of the 5th
Youths took over down town that night and caused their intended damage.
We need the National guard out the rest of the summer to protect the down town until we get a new DA and Mayor. How was the Cook County DA re elected with all of her Smollet scandal and revolving door jail.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/c...gjm-story.html
Chicago police Superintendent David Brown again takes swipe at court system as he addresses holiday weekend violence, but chief judge defends bail reform
By Jeremy Gorner and Gregory Pratt
Chicago Tribune |
Jul 06, 2021 at 6:47 PM
After at least 108 people were shot — 17 fatally — during the extended holiday weekend, Chicago police Superintendent David Brown on Tuesday insisted his department did its part in fighting the violence while casting blame once again on Cook County’s judicial system.
“Finger-pointing is your word that you use,” Brown said to the media during a news conference at Chicago police headquarters. “I’m ready to debate about
: Do we continue to release violent people in our courts into these communities?”
The message from Brown wasn’t new. In recent times when Chicago has finished an especially violent weekend, he has often complained that what he believes is a too-lenient criminal justice system is putting too many suspects back on the street.
Brown said too many criminal defendants are out on bail and electronic monitoring for serious offenses, even murders.
...problems. Despite implementing departmentwide day-off cancellations and 12-hour shifts, the city still finished with at least 108 people shot.
“We get into this conversation about effectiveness. We can take guns off the street. We can charge people with murder. But again I want to ask you a question in this (media) gallery. How many people think it’s OK to have over 90 people on electronic monitoring that we’ve charged with murder released back to our communities? Just show of hands, who thinks that’s a good idea?” Brown asked, citing Tribune reporting, which, as recently as a May editorial, showed that 94 defendants charged with murder were on electronic monitoring.
When no reporters raised their hands, Brown said, after a brief pause: “For the record, no one raised their hands in the media gallery and thought it was a good idea to release over 90 people”
The courts ... have created an unsafe environment for large crowd gatherings because you’ve released people charged with murder back into these same communities where they committed this heinous crime.”
Young people need to be urged to put down their guns, Lightfoot said.
“We have to love them.”
...
Some in the law enforcement world — including Brown in his comments about Chicago — have blamed a lenient criminal justice system for repeat criminals. Scholars have pointed at lingering effects from last year’s spike, including the pandemic, which exacerbated tensions in already violent neighborhoods.
They’ve also cited the civil unrest, brought upon by the police killing of George Floyd, as possibly having an impact.
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see also
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/7/...own-foxx-evans
Chicago’s top cop blames the courts — again — after one of the most violent Fourth of July weekends in years
Updated Jul 6, 2021, 5:55pm CDT
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Meanwhile, Ald. Anthony Beale (9th) called for the deployment of the Illinois National Guard “
immediately to get a handle on this city.”
He said the Guard wouldn’t patrol neighborhoods and streets, but instead would
“secure the perimeter” around downtown,
freeing more police officers to be sent to communities.
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